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The recipients of this week's Ben's Bell are Gene and Erna Rosten, who keep their neighborhood tidy and provide aid to Tucsonans in need. They were nominated by their neighbor, Jean Zimmerman, who ...

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U.S. homeowners are sitting on a record $34.5 trillion in home equity, and more are tapping that mountain of accessible assets. Home equity available to homeowners has risen by $600 million since the ...

I normally dislike companies that resemble adult children who remain mired in the parent’s basements. In business terms, this refers to companies with negative operating margins. Such companies are ...

Oftentimes, when building a house, it's cheaper to leave the basement unfinished. This allows more of the budget to go towards additional improvements to the main living areas. By today's standard, an ...

JJ Ficken signed up for a federal grant along with 140 other farmers across the country. In January, Trump froze the funding, upending many of their lives. He had begun to doubt the call would ever ...

Miss Manners: Is it petty to resent this woman’s presumptuous comments? Miss Manners: We’re her parents, and we’re getting stiffed Miss Manners: I don’t want to show them my baby registry Miss Manners ...

What's more satisfying? Order or chaos? It all depends on who you talk to. In recent years, Marie Kondo has been promoting the issue of tidiness and order, which has touched many people. In a chaotic ...

Corporate income tax legislation was tightened up yesterday in the House of Assembly. The Corporate Income Tax Amendment Act 2025 gave “miscellaneous updates” to strengthen the CIT regime and made it ...